Egg-carrier.



F. W. NERLIGH, JR.

EGG CARRIER APPLICATION FILED NOV. 18, 1907.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

FIG. 2.

WITNESSES:

FREDRIGK W. NERLICH, JR, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

EGG-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 20, 1908.

Application filed November 18, 1907. Serial No. 402,649.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, F REDRIOK W. NER- LIOI-I, Jr., a citizen of theUnited States, and

resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in EggCarriers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to egg carriers, and

has for its object to provide a substantial, uncrushable receptacle inwhich eggs may be transported with safety.

Other special advantages of the improvement will appear as it isdescribed.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved carrier,with the cover raised to show the interior; Fig. 2 is a vertical,longitudinal section on the line acm of Fig. 1, showing the coverdown;and Fig. 3 is also a section on the line aew of Fig. 1, but showsthe cover raised.

The body A of the carrier is preferably rounded, as shown in Fig. 1, toconform to the contours of the eggs, so the sides will contact with theeggs and help to keep them in place. The interior of the carrier isdivided into pockets for the eggs by a central, longitudinal partition Band transverse partitions C.

In the drawings a carrier is represented that is adapted to containtwelve eggs, but any number of eggs may, of course, be accommodated,according to the size of the carrier.

The cover is hinged at D to one end A of the body of the carrier, and isadapted when closed to fit down snugly over the eggs so as to hold themin place within the pockets. In the drawings, the cover is representedas convex on its under side D, and the partitions G are correspondinglyconcaved at C to receive the cover.

For the purpose of holding the cover rigidly in place when closed, arounded block E I is shown upon the free end of the cover that isadapted to fit a recess A in the end A of the body of the carrier, and alatch F on this block locks the cover down when in engagement with thepin G.

A paper bag of the kind in use by retail merchants may be placed withinthe carrier, and the eggs placed within that. When the cover is closed,the eggs will lie within the pockets and the bag H will crumple up, asshown in Fig. 2, constituting a soft and safe packing around the eggsthat will insure their safety.

An advantage peculiar to this carrier that the eggs can be removed fromit, with out taking them from the bag, so that the eggs can be deliveredin the bag and the carrier itself returned, whereas heretofore it hasbeen necessary, in delivering eggs, either to leave the carrier with thepurchaser of the eggs, or to wait till the eggs are trans ferred toanother receptacle, if one is available. Again, the construction of thiscarrier is adapted for removing the bag from it while the eggs arewithin the bag, without breaking the eggs. When the bag of eggs isremoved the carrier is tilted up into the position shown in Fig. 3, inwhich the hinge D is undermost. Then, as the cover is raised and the bagI-I straightened out, the eggs will be raised from their pockets andwill slip down between the guides C and the convex bottom D of thecover, as shown in Fig. 3, being prevented by them and by the folds ofthe bag, from dropping upon one another with force sufficient to breakthem.

What I claim is 1. An egg carrier comprising a concave box, a coverwhose under side is convex, and transverse partitions dividing theintervening space between the box and its cover into pockets for theeggs, and provided with 0011- cave edges to receive the cover;substantially as shown and described.

2. An egg carrier comprising a concave box divided into pockets withtransverse, concave upper edges for the eggs, and adapted to receive abag and eggs within the bag; and a cover for the box, whose under sideis convex and adapted when in place, to fold down the bag around theeggs, and to confine them within said pockets; substantially as shownand described. 7

3. An egg carrier comprising a concave box divided into pockets withtransverse, concave upper edges for the eggs, and adapt ed. to receive abag and eggs within the bag; and a cover hinged to the box at one end,whose under side is convex and adapted, when closed, to fold down thebag around the eggs, and to confine them within said pockets;substantially as shown and described.

4. An egg carrier comprising a concave box adapted to receive a bag andeggs within the bag; a cover hinged to the box at one ions and cover infalling to the bottom of 0nd, whose under side is convex and adapted,the bag as the latter 1s removed from the when closed, to fold down thebag around box; subst-antmlly as shown and described. 10

the eggs; and transverse partitions, divid- FREDRICK v .NERLICH, JR. mgthe be); lnto pockets and provlded W1th W1tnesses:

concave edges to receive the convex cover, D. GURNEE, whereby the eggsare retarded by sald partl- I L. TI-ION.

